The true cost of building your own coop -

[poultrypatch]

Hi Mulia and All.....
I am getting soooo many laughs reading these posts...then running out back to repeat what I've read to DH that is putting roof shingles on coop.
Mulia..I think that YOU did a great job of building that coop ! I bet your girls are very PROUD of you ! ) And thankful !
I was about 14 and living in ME when I built my first coop...all on my own ! No help, no power tools. Wasn't too straight but the girls did not complain.
When we are finished with coop I will post pics or a page. If I had built it would just be a box with a slanted roof...but DH is a little more accomplished then I am. :- )) OR MORE AFRAID OF WHAT I MIGHT CREATE ???
OH YES..so far FREE from scraps in cellar and attic and collected from friends. Hey, cleaned out attic and cellar of wood !

Liz
Rochester,MA
Mommy of lots of Mini and Toy Poodles, 6 RIR girls and more on order to ship this wk. ...Different breeds. Two sons and 2 g'kids

 

[grandmaof5]

Mulia, I understand that it would be easier for you if you had power tools; my husband is glad he has them. But you have done a great job with what you have, and for many of us that is the important thing. The difference in the cost of living is great; what many of us do would not cost much in our country, although it seems like a lot in your country. That is why the internet is good...we can compare all the different ways of doing things. I live in Canada, and you are a long way from here, but I could not afford the cost to fly there, either.

Thank you for sharing with us.

 

[yellowchickensmomma]

My coop is a prefab barn (storage shed) that cost $250.00. I call it "The Chicken Barn".My DH thought I fell off the sausage truck when I started talking about chickens.

 

[mulia24]

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oh thank you, but em, maybe they won't to be proud enough to me when rain water drop on their head when they are sleeping because i use old (omg, what do you call it in english) silver plat that cheap and use as roof that have some *hole*/leakage from corrosion.

and thankfully that my girls and roost can't also complain me since they don't understand human language and can only stay behind the wire

i would like to post some picture that i've taken just this noon, an egg just laid 5 minutes ago by my girls inside nestbox i created but, worse thing happen, my camera phone lost and i can't post any picture again from now on.

that's good, you and your DH did a great job. nice, hope can see the pics after you have finished it.

 

[mulia24]

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yap, i'll too glad if i have them.

will much help cutting time of building and easier us to build.
that's it, the living cost do the point, if a man rich here, he will be (perhaps) not rich (just like a common people) or even poor if he go to abroad, e.g: US or UK. but if a man from US or UK come here, if he is poor then he will be just a common people here and if he is common at his homeland, he will be rich enough here.
yaw

, canada? 10 years best living place on earth from UN? the great safe and comfortable to live place? i'll love it if i can go there (in dream perhaps)

you are very welcome

 

[BoJo]

After reading a post for a ByC'er, I decided to make a PVC pipe coop and run for my Silkies!! OMG Easy, cheap, and wonderful!!

I made a 10x5x5 run with nesting boxes (that were recycled) and roosting poles..... For $85!!!

It is the coolest thing....I think that I am making a bigger one next week for my Silver Penciled Rocks!!

BoJo

My first run and coop was made from old Trampoline frames!!

 

[spacetygrss]

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